The All-America Football Conference: Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946-1949

by Kenneth R. Crippen (Editor), Matt Reaser (Editor)

Overview

The All-America Football Conference and the National Football League battled for supremacy from 1946 through 1949. In the end, the players from the AAFC, as well as three teams, were brought into the NFL. Through extensive research, the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) has corrected the statistics and coaching records, selected offensive and defensive All-Pro Teams for all four seasons and an All-Conference team, and provided brief biographies and scouting reports for the members of the All-Conference Team.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476670959
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/31/2018
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	545,366
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kenneth R. Crippen is the president and former executive director of the Professional Football Researchers Association. He has won several awards for his work and has been featured on National Football Post, The Packer Report, The Coffin Corner, Fox Sports Radio, ESPN Radio and WGR (Buffalo). He lives in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Matt Reaser has researched and written about high school, college and professional football for more than a decade. He has contributed to magazines and websites such as The Coffin Corner and National Football Post. He lives in Buckley, Washington.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteiv
Preface (by Kenneth R. Crippen)
Part 1: A Brief History of the AAFC
(by Kenneth R. Crippen)
Part 2: PFRA ­All-Pro Selections
(by Kenneth R. Crippen, Matt Reaser and Andy Piascik)
PFRA’s AAFC ­All-Pro Teams
PFRA’s ­All-Time Team
PFRA’s AAFC ­All-Time Team Biographies
PFRA’s AAFC Notables
Part 3: Individual Statistics
1946
1947
1948
1949
Lifetime Leaders
Part 4: Awards and Statistical Records
All-Conference Teams (by Andy Piascik)
Statistical Records
Statistical Champions by Season
Part 5: Conference Statistics
Conference Standings
Club versus Club Records
Conference Statistics by Season
Attendance (by Andy Piascik)
Part 6: Linescores
Exhibition Games
Regular and ­Post-Season Games
Part 7: The Draft
History of the AAFC Draft (by Kenneth R. Crippen)
1947
1948
1949
Allocation Draft
Part 8: Player Register
Part 9: Coach Register (by John Maxymuk)
Sources
Index

Editorial Reviews

They have set the record straight about the incredible success of the AAFC in a newly released and meticulously researched reference work...contains every imaginable statistic... Many football historians would contend that the AAFC, in its four-year existence, far surpassed the AFL in the quality of talent on the field and attendance in the stands during their comparable formative years. ...a must for the bookshelf of sports historians and researchers, lovers of vintage pro football, and those interested in defunct American sports leagues and their impact on sports economics. It recovers lots of ground!”—Richard A. Macales, Sport in American History; “painstakingly researched...This book would give anyone interested in researching the AAFC a strong foundation. Recommended”—ARBA; “As a one-stop resource for all things AAFC, this book does a nice job of providing most researchers the information they will need in a single easy, readable, resource. Highly recommended”—Mind’s Eye Press.

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